Added to Creative Stoke, 9th November 2011

09.11.11
Added to the Directory: Denstone Contemporary Art Gallery, near Alton Towers. The Denstone also has a series of workshops coming up. They are unique in offering short glass or ceramic courses. Courses include ‘Introduction to Throwing’ or ‘Decorative Slipware Techniques’ with Paul Marshall, a senior technician in ceramics at the University of Derby for 25 years. Also available are ‘Valucci Glass Courses’ (an introduction to making glass dichroic jewellery). The Denstone has a cafe and even a B&B. More details at the website, or in this Uttoxeter Advertiser profile.

09.11.11
Do you run or attend a local poetry group? BBC Radio Stoke are looking for someone to go to their studios and record some poetry this week. Interested? Contact Amy on: 01782 221249.

09.11.11
Burslem School of Art is set to stage the 1st Potteries Empty Bowls Project. The School is calling for crafts makers and artists to donate handmade bowls for Empty Bowls 2011. See the Web page for more details.

09.11.11The Ceramic Review magazine is offering a writing prize. Entrants should write a 650-word text that explores the Stoke-on-Trent Ceramics Biennial (now in its last few days for 2011, so catch the shows now) or the ceramic heritage of the city. Deadline for submission: 13th November 2011. Submit to: writingprize@ceramicreview.com

09.11.11
Surface Collaborative has an artists’ opportunity in Burslem. A unique temporary pop-up art space is opening in Burslem town centre, Stoke-on-Trent, and they are looking for artists to exhibit their work. Artworks will also be displayed and sold online. Deadline for submissions is: 18th November 2011, at 5pm. For details about how to apply please email: marcus.surface@gmail.com

09.11.11
The Stoke Your Fires film festival now has tickets available for its two-day masterclass. ‘Seize the Future’ will be held at the Mitchell Arts Centre in Hanley, from 23rd-24th February 2012…

“The workshop will feature multi-media presentations, breakout groups, and interactive sessions. There will be networking opportunities during coffee breaks, lunch, and throughout the workshop. Everyone will have a chance to connect and lay the groundwork for future collaborations. The workshop will be taught by Sandi DuBowski, producer of A Jihad for Love and Outreach Director of The Good Pitch, and Peter Broderick, leading distribution strategist and President of Paradigm Consulting.”

This workshop costs £150. Places are strictly limited to twenty, are on “first-come, first-served” basis, and must be booked by 17th February 2012. Interested? Send a short proposal for a project you would like to work with at the workshop, along with a brief C.V. or biography, to: floury@sidf.co.uk

“emerging photographers and filmmakers who are based in the East or West Midlands, or who have recently graduated (in the last 2 years) from a Midlands university.”

Selected work will be shown at the Derby QUAD, and at the Light House in Wolverhampton in the Spring of 2012. Specifically, they are seeking…

“existing photographic works and short films that broadly relate to the theme of heroes. This could be the super heroics of costumed heroes, or documenting simple or unnoticed acts of heroism that occur every day.”

09.11.11
Following the recent Arts, Health and Wellbeing conference held in Stoke-on-Trent, the Creative Health CIC and Staffordshire Arts & Museums Service have announce that they plan to merge the old praXis and Creative Remedies websites, and to develop a new online resource for arts and health practitioners across the region. Plans for the new West Midlands Arts Health & Wellbeing Network website are being developed, with a view to launching the site in February 2012. Membership will be free. As part of the planning process, Creative Health CIC and Staffordshire Arts & Museums Service are keen to hear your views about the content of the new website, so please get in touch via Kate Gant at: kategant@creativehealthcic.co.uk

09.11.11
The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts is offering a new Face Britain exhibition opportunity, open to all children aged 4 to 16. Create a self-portrait, to be displayed in public across the nation. Simply upload your self-portrait to the Face Britain website between November 2011 and March 2012. Any medium is acceptable, including drawing, textiles, sculpture and carving, painting, illustration, digital CG, or photography.

09.11.11
Job: The Stafford campus of Staffordshire University requires a full-time Film Technologies lecturer (ref: CET11-04) to teach on the B.Sc. Film Technology Awards. Application deadline: 17th November 2011. Full details are available at their recruitment website.

09.11.11
Job: Staffordshire County Council and Craftspace’s Making Moves craft development scheme is seeking experienced Exhibition Designers. Succesful applicants will design flexible and contemporary ‘build and interpretation’ for the project’s touring exhibition. The exhibition will launch in June 2012, and travel the West Midlands region at twelve non-traditional venues until May 2013. The fee for the exhibition design and build is £7,500 (inc. travel, production, packaging and delivery to the first venue and VAT). Deadline for applications: 28th November 2011. For a full brief please contact Emma Daker at: e.daker@craftspace.co.uk